October 2014 - Trivia Questions and Answers - TriviaQA

What City Are We In? Trivia

Rittenhouse Square,Society Hill,The Franklin Institute

Answer: Philadelphia

Jell-o, Everyone Trivia

The 1990s saw a new way to make Jell-O puddings using this type of oven

Answer: Microwave oven

Jell-o, Everyone Trivia

During her 140-day-long mission on this workplace Shannon Lucid made Jell-O every Sunday

Answer: Mir

Jell-o, Everyone Trivia

Due to a shortage of this during WWII, it was tough to find Jell-O on grocery shelves

Answer: Sugar

Jell-o, Everyone Trivia

The Smithsonian’s 1991 conference on Jell-O history included a talk on this “sport”

Answer: Jell-O wrestling

Jell-o, Everyone Trivia

In the 1930s Jell-O sponsored a series of “Oz” booklets by this author who died in 1919

Answer: L. Frank Baum

Current Affairs Trivia

In March 1998 he won a Best Actor Oscar for his role as an obsessive-repulsive novelist in “As Good As It Gets”

Answer: Jack Nicholson

Current Affairs Trivia

On March 5, 1998 scientists announced that there was ice at both poles of this heavenly body

Answer: Moon

Current Affairs Trivia

He told the U.S. Senate, “At Microsoft we are spending 2.6 billion in R&D this year”

Answer: Bill Gates

Current Affairs Trivia

This school won the 1997-98 NCAA basketball title by mounting the biggest second half comeback in Finals history

Answer: Kentucky

Current Affairs Trivia

On March 27 this automaker, known for his 550 Spyder & 911 models, died in Austria at age 88

Answer: Ferdinand Porsche Jr.

Tv Actors Trivia

Actors who have played cops on this series include S. Epatha Merkerson, Chris Noth & Paul Sorvino

Answer: Law & Order

Tv Actors Trivia

On this series, William B. Davis plays a character called the Cigarette-Smoking Man

Answer: The X-Files

Tv Actors Trivia

Now a regular on “NewsRadio”, on “Saturday Night Live” he played the Anal-Retentive Chef

Answer: Phil Hartman

Tv Actors Trivia

(Hey, I’m Alicia Witt) In 1995 she won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her work on the sitcom we both work on, “Cybill”

Answer: Christine Baranski